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$xhtml = array(
	'<{title}>' => 'Library trip',
	'takedown' => '2017-11-01',
	'<{body}>' => <<<END
<section id="dreams">
	<h2>Dream journal</h2>
	<p>
		I dreamed I had to enter my middle initial and password to authorise the renewal of some service.
		I have no middle initial though, so I complained about the strange renewal form.
		(Somehow, though this was online, I was able to talk to an employee in-person.)
		They were able to open up some backdoor form for editing stuff; presumably, they wanted me to add a fake middle initial to my account from there so I could renew the service.
		Instead, I deleted the price, which I somehow knew would cancel the service.
		That surprised the employee, who put the price back in in order to prevent the service cancellation.
		I explained that if I can&apos;t renew properly without a middle initial, I didn&apos;t want the service, but I woke up before they could respond.
		That&apos;s so like me though.
		I want services that work, not services that have to be given invalid data to function.
		If your service demands information I don&apos;t have or don&apos;t want to give, I won&apos;t use dummy information in most cases.
		I&apos;ll just take my business elsewhere.
	</p>
</section>
<section id="drudgery">
	<h2>Drudgery</h2>
	<p>
		My discussion post for the day:
	</p>
	<blockqupte>
		<p>
			It looks like we both had the same thoughts for the discussion this week.
			Applying the mathematical concepts we&apos;re working with outside of mathematics was interesting.
			I actually thought one of the invalid functions was valid until I started writing up my explanation, at which point I realised my mistake.
			The difference between reversible and reversible functions has a lot of applications, even outside of mathematics.
		</p>
	</blockqupte>
</section>
<section id="library">
	<h2>Library visit</h2>
	<p>
		I forgot about my food handler&apos;s card when I stayed up late the night before last, so I didn&apos;t end up having time yesterday to get that printed.
		Oops.
		Today, I went to the library to get that done.
		I tried to edit the $a[PDF] file of the card to put several copies of the card on the page, so as not to just leave that space blank, but it seems the $a[PDF] has $a[DRM] in it that prevents modification.
		Ironically, as my own computer doesn&apos;t respect $a[DRM], I could modify the document at home just fine, but as it was a last-minute decision I made at the library, I was working on one of the library&apos;s machines.
		It&apos;s running Windows, which loves $a[DRM], and the file had to be opened in an Adobe Reader or something, which also loves $a[DRM].
		It really makes me appreciate my Debian system, which would never intentionally stop me from doing whatever I want with my files.
	</p>
	<p>
		I overheard not one, but two librarians dealing with getting new patrons registered for library cards.
		Both of them asked for the new patrons&apos; telephone numbers, then asked <strong>*if*</strong> they had email addresses.
		They just assumed the patrons had telephone numbers, as if there was no other option whatsoever.
		This is one of many reasons I always tell businesses and organisations I don&apos;t have telephone service if I can, even at the intermittent times I do have it.
		I wish businesses/organisations would stop doing everything they can to make telephone service a requirement of life.
		I mean, the library doesn&apos;t push very hard, but they&apos;re totally on the bandwagon of just assuming having telephone service is synonymous with being alive.
	</p>
	<p>
		On my way out, I noticed the library was giving away tax forms, so I picked one up, just in case I have issues with e-filing again.
		I still haven&apos;t filed my tax return yet ...
		Anyway, it feels like each year, I have to switch tax preparation services because the one I used the year before has started demanding a telephone number, even though the $a[IRS] doesn&apos;t require one.
		So I have to go searching for a new provider, and I fill out the forms several times, most times being told only at the end that the service requires a telephone number.
		Come to think of it, they might be waiting until the end to tell me on purpose.
		There&apos;s likely several people reluctant to provide a telephone number, even though they have one, and by waiting until the end to demand people go back and provide a telephone number, they likely get people to give in so they don&apos;t have to fill out the forms again with another provider.
		It&apos;s manipulative though.
		I mean, the telephone number field is usually on one of the first few pages.
		They let you leave it blank at first, and only when you go to finalise everything do they admit they&apos;re not going to let you file though them without it.
	</p>
</section>
END
);
